Obituaries
Robert Lee Wheeler
Dec 2, 2006
Robert Lee Wheeler, 77, of Ottawa, died Saturday, December 2, 2006, at home after a long illness. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Gladfelter Funeral Home. Cremation will be accorded Private memorial services will be held later at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Katcher officiating. Burial of the cremains will be in...
Velma M. Husted
Nov 24, 2006
Velma M. Husted, 95, of Sandwich, formerly of Ottawa, Died Friday, November 24, 2006, at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Columba Catholic Church with the Rev. Jack T. Heraty, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Sandwich, officiating. Burial will be in St. Columba Cemetery. Visitation...
Donald L. Wireman
Nov 18, 2006
Donald L. Wireman, Sr., 69, of Ottawa, died Saturday, November 18, 2006, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Duane Kaufman officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park with full military honors. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Mr....
Jackson E. Winchester
Nov 17, 2006
Jackson E. Winchester, 77, of La Salle, formerly of Ottawa, died Friday, November 17, 2006, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the eulogy by his grandson Tony Gruenwald. Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be from 3...
Richard A. Cox
Nov 7, 2006
Richard A. Cox, 52, of Ottawa, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at OFS St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Funeral services will be at 12 o'clock noon Friday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. David J. Ufkes pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Marseilles officiating. Burial will be Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 9 a.m....
Byron Ray Goff
Oct 30, 2006
Byron Ray Goff, 44, of Ottawa, died Monday, October 30, 2006, at Community Hospital of Ottawa. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Gerald J. Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln, Ill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday with liturgical prayers at 4 p.m. Mr....
Michael J. Gambo
Oct 30, 2006
Michael J. Gambo, 84, of Ottawa, died Monday, October 30, 2006, at Community Hospital of Ottawa. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Naplate with the Rev. Steven P. Loftus officiating. Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gladfelter Funeral...
Norma Jean Hott
Oct 28, 2006
Norma Jean Hott, age 73, of La Salle, formerly of Ottawa, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006, at La Salle Healthcare Center in La Salle. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. Monday, November 6, at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Polly Kimson of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial of the cremains will be later in Ottawa...

Milton F. Schaible
Oct 27, 2006
Milton F. Schaible, 94, of Ottawa, died Friday, October 27, 2006, at home. He has requested that there be no funeral or memorial services and no visitation. Cremation was accorded and burial of the cremains will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Gladfelter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Schaible was born September 20, 1912, in Manchester, Mich.,...
Louise "Tedo" A. Green
Oct 15, 2006
Louise A. Green "Tedo", 77, of LaSalle and formerly of Ottawa died at 4:30 a.m. Sunday (October 15, 2006) at I.V.C.H. in Peru, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Gladfelter Funeral Home in Ottawa. The Rev. Lloyd Curry of Abundant Life Fellowship Church in Oglesby will officiate. Visitation will be held after 9:00...
Dorothy V. Menton
Oct 6, 2006
Dorothy Veronica Menton, 91, died Friday, October 06, 2006, in her residence at Pleasant View Luther Home. She was born February 18, 1915 on a farm south of Pontiac, Illinois, the daughter of Anna Marie (Caviezel) and Michael P. Menton. She was a 1932 graduate of Fairbury Township High School and moved with her family in 1936 to Ottawa,...
Russell E. Thompson
Oct 4, 2006
Russell E. Thompson, 86, of Rutland Township, died Wednesday, October 4, 2006, at Community Hospital of Ottawa after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Clark of the Marseilles Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will be in DeBoldt Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be...
Bradley T. Fedorow
Sep 10, 2006
Bradley "Brad" T. Fedorow, 58, of Ottawa, died Sunday, September 10, 2006, at Pleasant View Luther Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Steven P. Loftus officiating. Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Gladfelter Funeral Home...
Kaylee Jean Persky
Aug 31, 2006
Infant Kaylee Jean Persky, 20 months, of Ottawa died Thursday, August 31, 2006 at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Gladfelter Funeral Homewith the Rev. Duane Kaufman officiating. Cremation will be accorded. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until time of services. Kaylee was born December 28, 2004 in Mattoon,...
Mildred "Milly" Brue
Aug 26, 2006
Mildred "Milly" L. Brue, 78, of Ottawa, died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church with the Rev. Tim Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Gladfelter Funeral Home and one hour prior the the...
Frank C. Scerini
Aug 20, 2006
Frank C. Scerini, 87, of Ottawa, died Sunday, August 20, 2006, in the emergency room at Community Hospital of Ottawa. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Gerald J. Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday. Mr....
Bruce Carver-Scaman
Aug 9, 2006
Bruce Carver Scaman, 57, of La Salle, formerly of Ottawa, died Wednesday, August 09, 2006, at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru. Funeral services will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev Tim Johnson of Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church officiating. Cremation will be accorded. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. Saturday until the time...
Harold "Dean" Rickey
Aug 5, 2006
Harold "Dean" Rickey, age 88, of Ottawa, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Saturday, August 5, 2006, at La Salle County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Gladfelter Funeral Home in Ottawa with the Rev. John W. Walker of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be 11 a. m. Friday at Cedar Memorial Park...
Lois Ann Trumbo
Aug 1, 2006
Lois Ann Trumbo, 77, of Ottawa, died Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at Community Hospital of Ottawa. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Gene Owsley of the First Baptist Church of Ottawa officiating. Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Visitation from 9 a.m. until time of services. Miss Trumbo was born...
Hazel Chalus Worden
Aug 1, 2006
Hazel Chalus Worden, 97, of Gadsden, Alabama, formerly of Ottawa died Tuesday, August 1, 2006. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Gladfelter Funeral Home with the Rev. Douglas Williams of the Evangelical United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Worden was born...
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